Palmer, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital in 40 Wright Street, Palmer, MA 1069 resulted in days away from work. Employee was ED Medic A in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
- Parent company
- Baystate Health
- Street
- 40 Wright Street
- City
- Palmer
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 1069
- On-site location
- Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 14
Before the incident
Employee was adjusting patient position with extremity lift.
What happened
Patient in [REDACTED] was being restrained and had to be adjusted. Patient boosted using extremity lift. As RN turned to grab restraints patient lunged forward while employee 's right wrist was still underneath the patient. Employee felt a pop in wrist when the patient lunged and tightness in wrist after the event.
Injury or illness
Right Wrist Pain
Object or substance involved
Adjusting Patient Position R Wrist Underneath Patient
Summary line
Right Wrist Pain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ED Medic A
- SOC code
- 29-2043: Paramedics
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 624
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 840,583
- EIN
- 222519813
- Establishment ID
- 492621
- Employer case #
- BWH-25-81
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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